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Is There a Maternally Induced Immunological Imprinting Phase à la Konrad Lorenz?
1 Oct 1999
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, IgG antibodies are transferred from mothers to the offspring. Since these maternal antibodies result mainly from thymus-dependent immune responses which have undergone immune maturation through somatic hypermutations, they represent the highest quality of the collective maternal immunological experience. Maternal antibodies not only confer passive immunity as long as the newborn's immune system has...
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